Police: St. Cloud man found blocks from crime scene with gunshot wound to the head

A 25-year-old St. Cloud man suffered a gunshot wound to the head during an apparent struggle in St. Cloud Tuesday night.

According to St. Cloud Police Department, officers responded to a report of a gunshot in an alley at 9:24 p.m. near the 400 block of Wilson Ave. NE and 5th Ave., which is just east of the Mississippi River and Wilson Park.

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Officers found a handgun at the scene and packages of a controlled substance, in addition to seeing signs of a struggle. Police set up a perimeter and launched a search of the area with the help of a drone and a K-9 unit, and a short time later they found a 25-year-old man who had been shot in the head in addition to suffering injuries consistent with a physical altercation.

The man was conscious and mobile and taken by ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital. He was in stable condition as of Wednesday afternoon.

Police do not believe it was a random incident. Anyone with information about it is asked to call St. Cloud PD at 320-251-1200.